If there's one thing any faithful fan holds on to, it's the idea that no matter how much your team sucks now, it can get better in the future.
Unfortunately for Phoenix Suns fans, Robert Sarver's in the business of mortgaging the team's future every chance he gets.
Now, a Suns fan's misery may seem paltry compared to that of the LA Clippers...who am I kidding? They've got the LA Lakers to soothe the pain right there in the same city. Plus, true Clippers fans (all four of them) have never been so close to the pinnacle only to be dragged back; Donald Sterling never lets them get that close.
The Suns have been close. They knocked on the door of a championship three years in a row. Say what you want about the Suns' suspension and referee-tainted loss to the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of '07 playoffs; that was the real Western Conference Finals right there.
Slowly, though, Sarver has gut-wrenchingly unraveled his own team from contender to pretender. Consider the horrifying truth of this next statement:
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Article written by Matt Petersen